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34 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
University of Central Lancashire
Copeland Book Market, 2nd ed
Working at the forefront of the recent resurgence in self-published photographic work, Murray’s eclectic photographic approach and working method reflects the diversity inherent in the subject of everyday life informed by theoretical concepts provided by Georges Perec, Ben Highmore and Michael Sheringham. Practical interventions are formulated and disseminated for interpretation by an audience viewed as a significant part of the authorial process.
Murray was a member of the six-person curatorial panel for the second edition of the annual Copeland Book Market. Staged on top of a multi-storey car park in the centre of Peckham. The four-day event attracted 4500 visitors and featured the work of 40 internationally based artists and publishers.
The Copeland Book Market deliberately eschewed a formal gallery context offering an alternative to events such as the London Art Book Fair. Participants were selected by invitation and featured Broomberg & Chanarin, Steidl, Mack Books and Artists’ Book Cooperative, alongside recently established organisations such as Libraryman, The White Review and Café Royal. This commitment to a range of practitioners was demonstrated in the low participation fee of £75 for four days.
An events programme was scheduled that included performance art, live music events, film screenings featuring the London premiere of the film Somewhere to Disappear about photographer Alec Soth and a panel discussion chaired by Gustavo Grandal-Montero from Chelsea College of Art Library.
An original publication has been produced, discussing the 2012 edition of the Copeland Book Market which outlined the intentions of the curatorial panel to reflect on the contemporary culture of artists’ who engage with printed publications and develop opportunities for networking and collaboration whilst engaging with a diverse audience. Contributors include David Campany (University of Westminster), Alice Rawsthorn (International Herald Tribune), Maria White (Tate). The publication is distributed internationally.
